POLICY:
It is the policy of the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center to provide the broadest possible range of programs, activities, and services that meet the needs of the confined inmates. These self-improvement programs will be available to male and female inmates, excluding those inmates in a maximum status classification.

PURPOSE:
To describe the procedure for the entrance of volunteers and professionals into the facility to perform their prospective program as well as the participation of inmates.

METHODS:
Volunteer / Professional Entry into the Facility

• When advised by the Administration or Central Control (after 1700) that a Volunteer / Professional have arrived to conduct their program, it will be the responsibility of the on-duty supervisor to retrieve the Volunteer / Professional. The on-duty supervisor will then stop them at the Central Control Room where they will leave their Identification Card or Driver’s License and in return will receive a Duress Alarm and their Volunteer / Professional Identification Card issued to them by the Program Coordinator. Volunteers / Professionals may only bring items used to conduct their programs into the facility using a backpack / tote. The Deputies do have the authority to confirm that the items in the backpack / tote are for program use to insure that no contraband is coming into the facility. Volunteers / Professionals are allowed to bring in a drink for their own use during their program.
• It is our duty to help the Volunteers / Professionals and to show professionalism at all times. If at anytime there is a problem with a Volunteer / Professional, document the incident and give it to the Program Coordinator and it will be handled appropriately.
• If at anytime a Volunteer / Professional arrives to conduct their program and they are suspected of being intoxicated, or are dressed inappropriately ( i.e.: tank top, short shorts, short skirts) the jail supervisor has the right to refuse them access to the facility and an incident report is to be written and given to the Program Coordinator.
• If a Volunteer / Professional wish to give one certain inmate an item, they are to contact the Program Coordinator for approval of the item. If the item is approved, the Program Coordinator will send out an e-mail advising the Corporals that the item has been approved.
• If at anytime a Volunteer / Professional activate their Duress Alarm while conducting their program, it will be the duty of the Deputies to respond immediately. This will be done to insure the safety of the Volunteers / Professionals coming in to conduct these programs.

Available Programs
Voluntary Programs available will include the following:

• Religious services
• Library services
• Recreational services
• Correspondence and visiting
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• GED Instructed
• GED Self Study
• English as a Second Language

Participation

• There will be a calendar board posted outside of the Sergeant’s office with available programs, dates and times they are scheduled. All inmates are allowed to attend these programs unless they are on lockdown for disciplinary purposes or a maximum classified inmate.
• Inmates while in maximum are considered a risk to the safety and security of the facility as well as to the safety of the volunteers or professionals providing the program. Religious programs can be conducted with maximum inmates through video visitation, but no congregate program or activities will be permitted.
• Programs will be scheduled in advance, and notice of those activities will be posted prominently on bulletin boards in the pods.
• Inmates must sign an attendance sheet to track the use of the specific programs by the inmates. This attendance sheet will be kept in the Pods or in the Third Floor Control Room and given to the Volunteers / Professionals upon their arrival to the area.